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musth

[muhst]
–noun
a state or condition of violent, destructive frenzy occurring with the rutting season in male elephants, accompanied by the exudation of an oily substance from glands between the eyes and mouth.
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Origin:
1870–75; < Urdu mast < Pers: lit., drunk
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musth also must   (mŭst)   
n.  An annual period of heightened aggressiveness and sexual activity in male elephants, during which violent frenzies occur.

[Urdu mast, from Persian, drunk, from Middle Persian.]
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